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New York Times, Wednesday, July 4, 2018

Author:
Freddie Cheng
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
68-Across : Dirty, as tricks
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Freddie Cheng

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QXZ} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Cheng. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Wednesday freshness: 28%
Freddie Cheng notes:
Why should the top three guys get all the glory and the medals, I ask?! Go FOURTH and shine, underdogs, and May the FOURTH be with ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Such a clever idea! HAPPY FOURTH hints at the fourth item in an ordered set, i.e., NUMBERS the fourth book of the Bible, TIME the ... read more
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© 2018, The New York Times7/4/18 ( No. 25,075 )
Across
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Indian state that exports tea : ASSAM
6
Trade blows : SPAR
10
Grade sch. class : SCI
13
John or son Julian : LENNON
15
Renée Fleming performance : ARIA
16
Still-life object : URN
17
Identifications on left-hand pages, traditionally [the Bible] : EVENNUMBERS
19
Blue expanse : SEA
20
Peace sign : VEE
21
Letter before Peter in a phonetic alphabet : OBOE
22
"Oh, hogwash!" : PSHAW
24
Something a bug might produce : ERROR
26
Setting for a popular show [dimensions] : PRIMETIME
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Still-life object : VASE
31
Wood in some closets : CEDAR
32
Notwithstanding : ALBEIT
35
Hanoi holiday : TET
36
"___ be surprised" : YOUD
39
Dense megalopolis that includes Hong Kong, Macau and Guangzhou [Greek alphabet] : PEARLRIVERDELTA
42
Handle : TEND
43
Goddess who captured Orion, in Greek myth : EOS
44
Gobs : OODLES
45
Tennis great Ivanisevic : GORAN
47
"Money ___ object" : ISNO
48
Singer with the 2017 Album of the Year "24K Magic" [planets] : BRUNOMARS
51
Govt. debt instrument : TNOTE
55
Ran gracefully : LOPED
56
Device sold with earbuds : IPOD
58
Word with press or mess : KIT
59
Small, medium or large: Abbr. : ADJ
60
Annual greeting ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 26-, 39- and 48-Across : HAPPYFOURTH
64
Opposite of paleo- : NEO
65
Away from the wind : ALEE
66
Showstopper, literally : FINALE
67
Male swan : COB
68
Dirty, as tricks : MEAN
69
Shock dispenser : TASER
Down
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Motrin alternative : ALEVE
2
Cut, as ties : SEVER
3
Scoffing look : SNEER
4
Massachusetts' Cape ___ : ANN
5
Interterminal transport : MONORAIL
6
Cousin of an épée : SABER
7
___-K : PRE
8
Bring out of the closet? : AIR
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Spoke like Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings" : RASPED
10
Food item ordered at a bar : SUSHIROLL
11
Destroy, as an opponent : CREAM
12
Speechless, perhaps : INAWE
14
Small protuberance : NUB
18
Something one might do after an embarrassing loss : MOPE
23
Didn't leave after everyone else left : STAYEDON
25
Trite : OVERDONE
27
Summer refresher : ICEE
28
Subways : METROS
30
Netflix transmission : STREAM
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Apropos : APT
33
Bruce or son Brandon : LEE
34
Tremendous piece of work : BANGUPJOB
35
Remote things? : TVS
37
Pac-12 athlete : UTE
38
County prosecutors, for short : DAS
40
Macbeth's Scottish burial isle : IONA
41
"Stop! You'll be sorry!" : DONTDOIT
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Hillary Clinton's maiden name : RODHAM
47
Kids' road trip game : ISPY
48
Like some vin : BLANC
49
"It's not my first ___" : RODEO
50
Come to fruition : RIPEN
52
Plants also known as ladies' fingers : OKRAS
53
World champion, e.g. : TITLE
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Bygone anesthetic : ETHER
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Out of whack : OFF
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Stout, maybe : ALE
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Subject of early genetic study : PEA
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___ voce (without dissent) : UNA

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